Hyperliquid Foundation opened access to its low-latency data infrastructure for qualified third-party infrastructure providers on Aug. 12, creating a lower-cost route for trading firms and developers that previously could not meet the requirements for direct Foundation connectivity. Under the new model, providers can connect to the Foundation’s non-validating node and offer access under a standardized pricing framework currently indicated below $1,000 a month, a benchmark the Foundation says is meant to cover computing resources and outbound traffic rather than serve as a permanently fixed fee. The change applies specifically to peering with the Hyper Foundation’s non-validating node, not to the broader validator set or matching engine. Running an independent non-validating node remains permissionless, but direct Foundation access had previously required staking 10,000 HYPE and qualifying for Tier 1 maker rebates, defined as more than 0.5% of 14-day weighted maker volume. Qualified providers must have operated for at least one year, serve at least 100 customers, support five or more networks or protocols, maintain 99.9% availability and have avoided termination by another network or foundation for a breach during the previous three months. Hyperliquid’s commercial rules require open access, nondiscriminatory pricing and automatic scaling as access nodes increase, while barring providers from offering faster dedicated lines to selected market makers or preferential infrastructure for a single trading firm. Reports of verified preferential treatment may qualify for a Hyper Foundation bug bounty. The move follows June changes to Hyperliquid’s public WebSocket feeds and comes as professional trading infrastructure around the network expands. Hyperliquid controls an estimated 70% of onchain perpetuals volume, making low-latency market data increasingly important for firms competing on its order books. Separately, the Foundation-controlled share of staked HYPE has fallen to about 49.3% this year as the validator base expanded.